Local man Diaz finished in 30th spot at the end of Sunday’s final stage to Juana Koslay at the same time as stage winner Mattia Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli). Van Garderen finished second overall at 33 seconds, with Brazillian Alex Diniz (Funvic Brasilinvest) in third at 39 seconds. Contador was fourth at 1-02, a resulted boosted by winning Saturday’s stage six.

Gavazzi beat sprint powerhouse Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) to clinch the stage win. Stage one winner Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) missed out on the final sprint after coming into contact with another rider and slipping back.

Scott Thwaites (NetApp-Endura) was the highest placed British rider overall in 85th position, with team-mate Jonny McEvoy in 102nd in the UCI 2.1-ranked race.